Targetting Multiple Keywords for the Homepage.

At first i was only targetting the keyword “SEO Blog” somewhere along the line i got greedy and i wanted to target my homepage for Blogging Tips , Make Money Online and Freelancing Tips as well - This goes against my siteplan for this blog to begin with but then i started thinking what if.

What if i can rank well for all 3 keywords and still keep the site relevant, as far as i know if i do all 3 there will be a fair bit of irrelevant content on the site for some visitors, my rankings at the moment are:

This one really took the piss out of me..

This one was fairly easiy ;p

I started targeting “make money online” last night so yep it still counts

This one was easier then i thought

Since my blog is technically a pr6 and i have a butt load of authority for most serps i can easily get into the top 20s or 30s but the top 10 spot is what im most interested in!

Here are a few of my aims to keep in mind while targeting multiple keywords for your home page.

• Make sure every keyword you are aiming for has a link to the category page or post page, with relevant content
• Links from relevant sites
• In-content links (link love/mentions)
• Alot of on-site seo - Meta tags/Titles/Descriptions and even 301s
• Must have sufficient support from social networks for each keyword (diggs..stumbles..etc)
• Unique and creative content - your content must be above average if you are trying to rank for something big

Thats all i have for now, subscribe to me for more updates as i get them!

Using Google Trends - Better Keyword Choices!

I don’t take advice from anyone on a regular basis, its a 24/7 job and its exhausting (lol).

If you can’t convince yourself you are basically screwed from the very start, so don’t care what other people say is a high paying keyword, do your own research and then you’ll have proof that what you are doing actually DOES work!

On an almost daily basis i use Google Trends you can compare products and search phrases on there to get a more accurate view of the whole situation this is something alot of people skip doing and rather pay marketers and seos to do, Its just one simple query and it can get you a ton of good info.

For example, look at the stats below.

You can see clearly that free games has the highest frequency of searches and activity, so targeting for that keyword would be a bad bad move unless you have a good advertising budget and one kick ass site, so this way you get the full stats of whats the highest used keyword and what keywords you should be using for your sites, in this case id suggest free online games since its easier to land compared to the rest and once you have that you can get free games easily as well because you are on the much relevant, same niche based and less used keyword already, that gives you leverage at serps!